When his days are done in baseball, Mike Rizzo’s legacy as general manager of the Washington Nationals is secure.
Behind his stewardship, the team went from one definitive playoff appearance in franchise history to three National League East champions three times in five years. For the first time, the Nationals have constructed a dynastic team desperate to advance.
Those victory laps can wait. If this season proves to fall short of expectations, Rizzo in 2017 will not be cherished but dismissed.
In a deep profile of Rizzo by Chelsea Janes in Friday’s Washington Post, she sets the story with the idea he has two years left to get something out of the current window.